Earth System Grid II, Turning Climate Datasets into Community Resources
- National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO (United States)
The Earth System Grid (ESG) II project, funded by the Department of Energy’s Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing program, has transformed climate data into community resources. ESG II has accomplished this goal by creating a virtual collaborative environment that links climate centers and users around the world to models and data via a computing Grid, which is based on the Department of Energy’s supercomputing resources and the Internet. Our project’s success stems from partnerships between climate researchers and computer scientists to advance basic and applied research in the terrestrial, atmospheric, and oceanic sciences. By interfacing with other climate science projects, we have learned that commonly used methods to manage and remotely distribute data among related groups lack infrastructure and under-utilize existing technologies. Knowledge and expertise gained from ESG II have helped the climate community plan strategies to manage a rapidly growing data environment more effectively. Moreover, approaches and technologies developed under the ESG project have impacted data simulation integration in other disciplines, such as astrophysics, molecular biology and materials science.
- Research Organization:
- University Corporation of Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC02-01ER25452
- OSTI ID:
- 1113798
- Report Number(s):
- Final Tech Report
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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